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Small trade flows, compliance costs and trade preferences : the case of EU imports from African LDCs
Nilsson, Lars; Dotter, Caroline - 2011
countries at relatively small values and that the rate of preference utilisation of these imports are low and in many cases zero … using monthly data on EU imports from African LDCs at the lowest level of (publicly) available aggregation thereby coming … close to transaction level data. It identifies the average values of preference eligible imports, utilising and not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310313
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Small flows, compliance costs and trade preferences : the case of EU imports from African LDCs
Nilsson, Lars; Dotter, Caroline - 2012
countries at relatively small values and that the rate of preference utilisation of these imports are low and in many cases zero … average preference utilisation rate. This paper examines this phenomenon further by using monthly data on EU imports from … identifies the average value of preference eligible imports, utilising and not utilising preferences, by country and product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009671496
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Small Trade Flows, Compliance Costs and Trade Preferences : The Case of EU Imports from African LDCs
Nilsson, Lars - 2012
countries at relatively small values and that the rate of preference utilisation of these imports are low and in many cases zero … using monthly data on EU imports from African LDCs at the lowest level of (publicly) available aggregation thereby coming … close to transaction level data. It identifies the average values of preference eligible imports, utilising and not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113242
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What global fragmentation means for the WTO : Article XXIV, behind-the-border concessions, and a new case for WTO limits on investment incentives
Blanchard, Emily J. - 2014 - Manuscript date: December 19, 2013
The rapid rise in global fragmentation - foreign investment, global supply chains, and 'production sharing' - is fundamentally reshaping the multilateral trading system. This paper uses a simple economic modeling framework to understand how the global fragmentation phenomenon may reshape the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010240627
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What global fragmentation means for the WTO : Article XXIV, behind-the-border concessions, and a new case for WTO limits on investment incentives
Blanchard, Emily J. - 2013
The rapid rise in global fragmentation -- foreign investment, global supply chains, and 'production sharing' -- is fundamentally reshaping the multilateral trading system. This paper uses a simple economic modeling framework to understand how the global fragmentation phenomenon may reshape the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011566377
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Connecting local producers in developing countries to regional and global value chains : update
Bamber, Penny; Fernandez-Stark, Karina; Gereffi, Gary; … - 2013
This report analyzes the specific factors that affect the competitiveness of developing countries in global value chains (GVCs), and how these factors differ across four major economic sectors: agriculture, extractive industries, manufacturing and offshore services. Although integration into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234218
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The Effect of Macroeconomic Stability on Inward FDI in African Developing Countries
Shah, Mumtaz Hussain - 2017
In this study an attempt is made to gauge the importance of prudent macro-economic management in the location choice decision of foreign direct investors. Moreover, infrastructure availability, market size, trade liberalisation and economic development are also considered, for a set of forty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960372
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UNCTAD's Roadmap for IIA Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement
Weber, Joerg - 2020
International investment law is undergoing a time of reflection, review and revision. Increasing dissatisfaction with the functioning of the current system that governs the protection of international investment and the wish to ensure that investment is channelled towards sustainable development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855101
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Foreign Direct Investment and Export Diversification in Low Income Nations
Jayaweera, Shasheen - 2010
This paper seeks to understand whether increased foreign direct investment (FDI) can help low income nations to diversify their export bases. Numerous governments in low income nations have sought to attract FDI with an aim of diversifying their export bases while many large multilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147130
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The Economics of a Multilateral Investment Agreement
Che, Jiahua - 2012
This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by the single MNE. Under a multilateral agreement,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754890